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John Shaw Torrington (1825 – 1 January 1846) was a Royal Navy stoker. He was part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition to chart unexplored areas of what is now Nunavut, Canada , find the Northwest Passage , and make scientific observations.
John Torrington dies and is buried at Beechey Island. [139] 4 January John Hartnell dies and is autopsied before being buried at Beechey Island. [139] 3 April William Braine dies but is stored in the ship instead of buried immediately. [139] c. 8 April Braine is buried at Beechey Island after his body is gnawed on by ship rats. [139]
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition is a book by Owen Beattie and John Geiger, first published in 1987 by Bloomsbury Publishing.The book focuses on the dramatic events surrounding the Franklin Expedition of 1845-1848, led by Sir John Franklin, as well as the scientific work and forensic testing on the bodies of three perfectly preserved Victorian seamen 138 years after their ...
John Downing: Quartermaster Plymouth, Devon: 34 John Murray: Sailmaker Glasgow, Lanarks. 43 James W. Brown: Caulker Deptford, Kent 28 William Smith: Blacksmith Thibnam , Norfolk: 28 James Hart: Leading Stoker Hampstead, Middx: 33 Richard Wall: Cook Hull, Yorks. 45 James Rigden: Captain's Coxswain Upper Deal, Kent 32 John Sullivan: Captain of ...
Exhumation of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine in 1984 and 1986 Owen Beattie (born 3 June 1949) is a Canadian professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta . Beattie gained international attention in 1984 for his investigation into the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin , which had left England in 1845 searching for ...
“I’m not trying to blame anyone, but I am looking for answers,” his mother said.
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A man found frozen in a Pennsylvania cave in 1977 has finally been identified, closing the book on a nearly 50-year-long mystery. The Berks County Coroner’s Office identified the remains of the ...